Bluffton High seniors named Heritage Scholars

Tuesday

Mar 27, 2012 at 2:55 PM

Lawrence Conneff

HILTON HEAD ISLAND - Jacob George and Jason Guo have a lot in common. The Bluffton High seniors are at the top of their class, will attend prestigious colleges this fall and intend to pursue the same line of work - biomedical engineering. George and Guo were among 15 Beaufort County students named Heritage Classic Foundation Scholars during a luncheon Tuesday at the Crowne Plaza Resort. Thirteen of the seniors, including Guo, received scholarships worth $18,000. George won a $22,000 scholarship named for former Heritage Scholar Committee chairman John Zimmerman. "It's a great honor to be named one of the best among these scholars," said George, this year's Bluffton High valedictorian. "It means a lot." George plans to enroll at the University of Texas or the University of California-Berkeley after graduation. He said that he has been accepted to Texas and is waiting to hear from Cal. Guo, the Bluffton salutatorian, said he will attend Duke University. "This is going to be very helpful," Guo said. "It's definitely going to ease the financial burden on my parents." The 13 other seniors who received scholarships Tuesday were Battery Creek High's Christopher Bockelman, Beaufort Academy's Michael Bible and Katherine Neal, Beaufort High's Malcolm Kates and Rachel Taylor, Hilton Head Christian's Caitlyn Lankowski and Abbey Robinson, Hilton Head High's Justin Shaw and Nicholas Zarra, and Hilton Head Prep's Marielle Alexander, Allison Frederick, Sarah Garratt and William Devin White. The foundation's scholarships are awarded over a four-year period, provided the students remain enrolled in college, chairman Ward Kirby said. The luncheon was held in advance of this year's RBC Heritage, which will be held the week of April 9 at Harbour Town Golf Links. "This is always an exciting day for our foundation," Kirby said. "We believe that the records of these young adults are better than ever."

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